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Recent Examples of outwardly
This might look like agreeing outwardly while disagreeing inwardly, taking blame just to end the tension or constantly monitoring other people’s moods to avoid triggering discomfort.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Attacks like these raise valid concerns about safety for all, including LGBTQ+ people, and can deter people from taking part in celebrations like Pride or outwardly expressing their identities out of fear.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 1 July 2025
But the Lakers, at least outwardly, have been optimistic about James returning.
—Khobi Price, Oc Register, 12 May 2025
The control group’s psychopathy levels weren’t measured using the PCL-R, so the existence of subclinical traits, that is, traits that aren’t outwardly detectable, can't be ruled out.
—New Atlas, 26 June 2025
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Attacks like these raise valid concerns about safety for all, including LGBTQ+ people, and can deter people from taking part in celebrations like Pride or outwardly expressing their identities out of fear.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 1 July 2025
But the Lakers, at least outwardly, have been optimistic about James returning.
—Khobi Price, Oc Register, 12 May 2025
The control group’s psychopathy levels weren’t measured using the PCL-R, so the existence of subclinical traits, that is, traits that aren’t outwardly detectable, can't be ruled out.
—New Atlas, 26 June 2025
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Address: Livadia Bay, Antiparos 840 07, Greece This luxury beach resort took the idea of bohemian design and went all-in—there’s a woven pendant light or bamboo furniture item seemingly around every corner.—
Monica Mendal,
Vogue,
15 July 2025
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The verse also seemingly mocks Pusha’s age and hints at the drama swirling in the media—particularly surrounding TMZ coverage.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
14 July 2025
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Still, Trump's deployment of the nuclear submarines appears to be the first time social media rhetoric has led an American president to apparently reposition parts of the United States' nuclear arsenal.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
4 Aug. 2025
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Box office hounds are currently looking at the horse race between Superman and Fantastic Four, the former of which will apparently top the latter unless some dramatic shift takes place in the imminent future.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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In the income tax context, the FTB has evidently adopted a similar interpretation for whether a business is conducting business or carrying on a business within California and is therefore subject to apportionment.—
Robert W. Wood,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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The more conspiratorially minded went further, suggesting without evidence that LePatner or her colleagues had been Tamura’s actual targets all along — just as Thompson had evidently been singled out by his killer.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
1 Aug. 2025
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And while new economy-wide and solar-specific tariffs should ostensibly be a tailwind for US solar manufacturers, that sector is in for a rough patch as well, Hall said.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Morejón, who had not pitched since Tuesday, came in ostensibly to get some work and ended up making more work for the Padres.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Aug. 2025
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The American online gaming industry has produced exactly one profitable quarter in seven years of operation—a stunning indictment of an industry supposedly worth billions.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Even a single strand could supposedly expose someone’s race or criminality.—
Book Marks
August 1,
Literary Hub,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Outwardly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outwardly. Accessed 9 Aug. 2025.
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